Leeds North West (UK Parliament constituency)

Leeds North West
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Leeds North West in West Yorkshire.

Location of West Yorkshire within England.
County West Yorkshire
(West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974)
Electorate 65,047 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1950 (1950)
Member of Parliament Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat)
Number of members One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency Yorkshire and the Humber

Leeds North West is a parliamentary constituency in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire which is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency covers the north western part of the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire. It stretches from Yeadon in the north west and Otley in the north east to Headingley in the south.

Since the 2010 boundary changes it is made up of four Leeds City Council wards:

History

The constituency was created in 1950, as Leeds North-West; the name was changed by dropping the hyphen in 1955. Before the 1950 general election, Leeds was represented by the constituencies of: Leeds Central, Leeds North, Leeds South, Leeds West, (all created 1885); Leeds North-East and Leeds South-East (both created 1918). There were also constituencies of Batley and Morley (created 1918) and Pudsey and Otley (created 1918 replacing Pudsey). Leeds North West was created prior to the 1950 election, and at the same time the Pudsey and Otley constituency was abolished, re-creating the Pudsey constituency and moving Otley into the Ripon constituency. The Leeds North West boundary was revised prior to the 1983 general election, bringing in Otley and the nearby villages of Bramhope, Pool-in-Wharfedale and Arthington from the abolition of the Ripon constituency.

The constituency was held for the Conservative Party by Donald Kaberry from its creation in 1950 until his retirement in 1983, and then by Keith Hampson (1983–1997), who had previously been MP for Ripon. It was taken for Labour in the 1997 General Election by Harold Best, who was re-elected in the 2001 General Election. Best retired at the 2005 General Election. The seat was contested for Labour by Judith Blake (at that time Deputy Leader of Leeds City Council, and as of 2008 Labour's candidate in the 2010 general election), but it was taken for the Liberal Democrats by Greg Mulholland.

This constituency has one of the biggest student populations in the country; over a quarter of the electorate.

Members of Parliament

Election Member [2] Party
1950 Sir Donald Kaberry Conservative
1983 Keith Hampson Conservative
1997 Harold Best Labour
2005 Greg Mulholland Liberal Democrat

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Leeds North West[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Greg Mulholland 20,653 47.5 +10.6
Conservative Julia Mulligan 11,550 26.6 -0.3
Labour Judith Blake 9,132 21.0 -10.9
BNP Geoffrey Bulmer 766 1.8 +1.8
UKIP Mark Thackray 600 1.4 +1.4
Green Martin Hemingway 508 1.2 -1.5
English Democrats Alan Procter 153 0.4 -1.0
Alliance for Green Socialism Trevor Bavage 121 0.3 -0.2
Majority 9,103 20.9
Turnout 43,484 66.5 +3.7
Liberal Democrat hold Swing +5.4

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Leeds North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Greg Mulholland 16,612 37.2 +10.3
Labour Judith Blake 14,735 33.0 −8.9
Conservative George Lee 11,510 25.7 −3.9
Green Martin Hemingway 1,128 2.5 N/A
English Democrats Adrian Knowles 545 1.2 N/A
Alliance for Green Socialism Jeannie Sutton 181 0.4 N/A
Majority 1,877 4.2
Turnout 44,711 62.4 +4.2
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing 9.6
General Election 2001: Leeds North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harold Best 17,794 41.9 +2.0
Conservative Adam Pritchard 12,558 29.6 −2.5
Liberal Democrat David Hall-Matthews 11,431 26.9 +3.3
UKIP Simon Jones 668 1.6 N/A
Majority 5,236 12.3
Turnout 42,451 58.2 −11.5
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997[4]: Leeds North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harold Best 19,694 39.9 +12.6
Conservative Keith Hampson 15,850 29.6 -13.4
Liberal Democrat Barbara Pearce 11,689 23.7 -3.6
Referendum Party Sean Emmett 1,325 2.7 N/A
Socialist Labour Roger Lamb 335 0.7 N/A
ProLife Alliance Sean Emmett 251 0.5 N/A
Ronnie The Rhino Daniel Duffy 232 0.5 N/A
Majority 3,844 10.3
Turnout 46,084
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +11.8
General Election 1992: Leeds North West[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Hampson 21,750 43.0 −0.5
Liberal Democrat Mrs BA Pearce 14,079 27.8 −5.6
Labour Miss S Egan 13,782 27.3 +5.5
Green DC Webb 519 1.0 −0.3
Liberal NAB Nowosielski 427 0.8 N/A
Majority 7,671 15.2 +5.1
Turnout 50,557 72.5 −3.2
Conservative hold Swing +2.5

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
  3. ^ "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Leeds North West". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/c53.stm. Retrieved 12 May 2010. 
  4. ^ "BBC 1997 elections results". http://www.bbc.co.uk/election97/live/index.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-11. 
  5. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 
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